Collaborative Projects

3+0 Program for Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Software Technology
3+1 Post-secondary Program

Project Profile

This project is the only high-quality and high-level 3+1 post-secondary Chinese-foreign cooperative education project approved by the Ministry of Education in Shaanxi Province and organised by the Higher Education Institute of Xi'an University of Science and Technology (HESI) in collaboration with Cardiff City University (CUHK) in the United Kingdom, with a plan of enrolment at the higher tertiary level in ordinary tertiary institutions. Ministry of Education approval number: PDE61UK3A20191056N.


Software Technology is a sub-specialty of Computer Science that focuses on software development and the practical use of technology. This program produces international technical professionals with theoretical knowledge of basic mainstream software development platforms and programming power.

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Project Advantage

01 01

Enrollment in a British university

After enrollment, students can be registered at Cardiff City University in the United Kingdom, and obtain the British pre-admission notice; the British side of the unified organization of the inauguration ceremony in the Chinese side; college students have the guarantee to go on to higher education

02 02

Foreign teachers directly from the British side

The core professional courses are taught in China by professional teachers sent by foreign universities, with high quality of foreign teachers.

03 03

High percentage of foreign courses

1/3 of the total number of hours of core courses taught by foreigners

04 04

Courses directly imported from the UK

The core specialized courses are mainly imported from abroad to ensure the quality of the courses.

05 05

Equipped with tutors and teaching assistants

The school assigns a tutor to each student for academic and career planning; at the same time, the school assigns a Chinese teaching assistant for each foreign language course to provide tutoring in the classroom, answering students' questions and tutoring their homework at any time, so as to prevent students from not understanding and to ensure the quality of the lessons.

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Introduction of original foreign textbooks

A large number of textbooks for specialized courses are original foreign editions.

07 07

Uniform organization of English language learning in schools

Students do not need to enroll in an English course or pay a separate fee.

08 08

Hardware

Equipped with two multimedia classrooms dedicated to the program, six specialized laboratories, one specialized library (in addition to the library), etc.; and students have access to the online resources of foreign universities;

09 09

time-saving and economical

Entry at college level, one year abroad, pass grades to obtain a bachelor's degree in the United Kingdom

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generous scholarship

Students with good grades and an IELTS score of 6.0 or above have the opportunity to receive scholarships from British universities (subject to the official announcement of the conditions by Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK in the current year)

Training Model

3 years

Students study in Chinese institutions and are jointly trained by Chinese and British universities. At this stage, the syllabus of the program and the courses for the students will be jointly developed by both sides; the teachers, teaching materials and resources will be shared; and the lectures and training will be jointly completed by both sides. The British side will directly send its teachers to teach in the Chinese side, and the students can enjoy all kinds of high-quality education resources of software technology majors of foreign universities in China. The graduated students will have the advantages of more advanced concepts, more cutting-edge technical skills and more proficient foreign language skills than the non-program students in this specialty. Graduated students can get the college diploma issued by High-Tech College of Xi'an University of Science and Technology.

1 year

Students can be directly admitted to Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK) for 1 year, and those who pass the course will be awarded a Bachelor's Degree Certificate by Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK).

Project Features

  • It is listed on the Ministry of Education's Education and Foreign Affairs Supervision Information Network, and its degrees are recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Education, and it is a member university of the China Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China;


  • The College is located in Wales, UK, founded in 1865, is a long-established public institution with a long history. It is situated in the city center of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, UK, which is an important port and center of industry and commercial services in the southwest of the UK, and is the sixth most popular seaside resort harbor mecca in Europe, with convenient life and transportation;


  • Doctoral, Master's, Bachelor's, and Associate's degree programs are available, and the university has more than 700 full-time faculty and staff and 17,629 students enrolled;


  • It has a School of Art and Design, a School of Education and Social Policy, a School of Sport and Health Sciences, a School of Management and a School of Technology;


  • One of the highest employment rate universities in the United Kingdom, with career development and entrepreneurship center; the university graduates within six months employment rate of up to 96.4%, the average annual salary of 29,493 pounds;


  • The campus is well equipped with hardware and software facilities. Student dormitories are equipped with laundry rooms, computer rooms, TV rooms, free WIFI, leisure rooms, etc., which facilitate communication and leisure among students.

Curriculum

Software Technology Professional Course

C Programming, Architecture and Operating Systems, Computational Thinking, JAVA Programming, Principles of Programming, Web Page Construction, Quality Software and Systems Development, Software Development Applications, Mobile and Web Technologies, Systems Analysis and Design, Computer Applications and Social Employability, and Computer Applications Programs.

TOEFL

No additional fees for students to learn English

Job Prospect

Because the program was built in China and abroad, students graduating from the program have the following major advantages over the average student in the program:

  • Meet the demand for talents with international vision, cross-cultural communication and bilingual ability in the process of promoting international exchanges and regional cooperation under the “Belt and Road” national top-level development strategy;

  • Possess advanced concepts and ideas in the field of software technology; 

  • Possessing innovative development thinking shaped by the foreign special training mode; 

  • Possessing unique software design personality and modeling ability;

  • Possessing international cutting-edge software technology and application methods. 

Therefore, graduates are more competitive in the industry, have higher job platforms, wider job scopes, and higher salaries; Can engage in software (management information system, enterprise resource system, cultural and entertainment, game product system, mobile software, etc.) development, design, testing, maintenance, marketing, and software production management in the IT industry, government enterprises and institutions at home and abroad

Student Cases

Jiao Haoxuan

Jiao Haoxuan

Software Technology (Sino-foreign cooperative education) major 2019

Jiao Haoxuan

Software Technology (Sino-foreign cooperative education) major 2019

University of Sydney, Australia (Master) QS World ranking No.19

Zhang Chenghan

Zhang Chenghan

2014 SQA AD project financial management graduate

Zhang Chenghan

2014 SQA AD project financial management graduate

He is currently a pilot of China Southern Airlines

Ren Siyi

Ren Siyi

Class of 2014 2+2 double degree international program graduates

Ren Siyi

Class of 2014 2+2 double degree international program graduates

Bachelor of Arts, Century University of Malaysia

Industrial Securities Co., LTD

Shaanxi branch business manager

Li Rui

Li Rui

Class of 2014 2+2 double degree international program graduates

Li Rui

Class of 2014 2+2 double degree international program graduates

Bachelor of Arts, Century University of Malaysia

Master's degree, Century University of Malaysia

Currently, Financial Manager of Shaanxi Engineering Survey and Research Institute Co., LTD

Lu Minghua

Lu Minghua

Class of 2018 SQA AD project financial engineering graduate

Lu Minghua

Class of 2018 SQA AD project financial engineering graduate

Ba, University of Hull, UK

Master's degree, University of Southampton, UK